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Started by Tony
Tue, 03 Jul 2001 20:23
WP 51 Date problem
Author: Tony
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 20:23
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 20:23
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An attorney friend of mine has many WP files (ltr) and he is also using WOrd 2000. The problem is they must keep the old DOS WP51 around to open those old letters because, even with the filters, the date (written on the top right of every letter) always opens with the current date, That is unacceptable, of course, when it comes to an attorney's original letters written up to 10 years ago. So, I copied the WP51 files and brought them to another friend's house that uses WP 8.0, I figured that this should be able to open it's own files. Well, same problem. So, I must conclude that there is something within WP51 that is not saving the original date. Can anyone help with this? TOny
Re: WP 51 Date problem
Author: Ed Kivell
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 21:01
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 21:01
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Tony - Your friend has a date code format in these letters that will put the current date into the body of the letter whenever its opened. he can change each one individually (a royal pain) or just store all the letters for future, if at all, retrieval. Keeping in mind that the file creation date is the correct date (not the date displayed in the letter). He should use the file creation date as the achieve date Ed Kivell ed@resourcewiz.com "Tony" <tvr1@optonline.net> wrote in message news:dja4ktsjb1gigtr35ug932n30hr474bglb@4ax.com... > An attorney friend of mine has many WP files (ltr) and he is also using WOrd 2000. The problem is > they must keep the old DOS WP51 around to open those old letters because, even with the filters, the > date (written on the top right of every letter) always opens with the current date, That is > unacceptable, of course, when it comes to an attorney's original letters written up to 10 years ago. > > So, I copied the WP51 files and brought them to another friend's house that uses WP 8.0, I figured > that this should be able to open it's own files. Well, same problem. > > So, I must conclude that there is something within WP51 that is not saving the original date. > > Can anyone help with this? > > TOny
Re: WP 51 Date problem
Author: Tony
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2001 04:45
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2001 04:45
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The only thing is that when he uses WP51 to open the letter, they open up correctly. It is only when you open any of them in any other program (including the latest WP) that the current date is inserted. That is why they are forced to keep an old WP51 on their system. The only option I thought they had was to save each ltr in a doc format. All the WP51 files that were stored as a doc opens with the original date. Any ideas? Tony On Tue, 03 Jul 2001 21:01:13 GMT, "Ed Kivell" <ed@resourcewiz.com> wrote: >Tony - > >Your friend has a date code format in these letters that will put the >current date into the body of the letter whenever its opened. he can change >each one individually (a royal pain) or just store all the letters for >future, if at all, retrieval. Keeping in mind that the file creation date is >the correct date (not the date displayed in the letter). > >He should use the file creation date as the achieve date > >Ed Kivell >ed@resourcewiz.com > > >"Tony" <tvr1@optonline.net> wrote in message >news:dja4ktsjb1gigtr35ug932n30hr474bglb@4ax.com... >> An attorney friend of mine has many WP files (ltr) and he is also using >WOrd 2000. The problem is >> they must keep the old DOS WP51 around to open those old letters because, >even with the filters, the >> date (written on the top right of every letter) always opens with the >current date, That is >> unacceptable, of course, when it comes to an attorney's original letters >written up to 10 years ago. >> >> So, I copied the WP51 files and brought them to another friend's house >that uses WP 8.0, I figured >> that this should be able to open it's own files. Well, same problem. >> >> So, I must conclude that there is something within WP51 that is not saving >the original date. >> >> Can anyone help with this? >> >> TOny >
Re: WP 51 Date problem
Author: John Kaufmann
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2001 05:20
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2001 05:20
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In article <fq75ktg8fijrles34ut2istcaks791m0ps@4ax.com>, Tony <tvr1@optonline.net> wrote: > The only thing is that when he uses WP51 to open the letter, > they open up correctly. It is only when you open any of them > in any other program (including the latest WP) that the > current date is inserted. That's bizarre, Tony. Could you zip up one of those files and email to me? I'd be happy to find out what's going on. -- John
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